{"id":13229,"date":"2022-03-25T18:02:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T22:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/25\/mesut-ozil-provides-public-response-to-fenerbahce-exclusion\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T18:02:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T22:02:34","slug":"mesut-ozil-provides-public-response-to-fenerbahce-exclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/25\/mesut-ozil-provides-public-response-to-fenerbahce-exclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Mesut Ozil provides public response to Fenerbahce exclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mesut Ozil has taken to social media on Friday, to provide a public response to his banishment from Fenerbahce\u2019s first-team setup.<\/p>\n<p>The name of German creator Ozil of course took its place front and centre in the headlines on Thursday, after Turkish heavyweights Fener released a statement, confirming that the 33-year-old had been dropped:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tr\">Bilgilendirme<\/p>\n<p>Futbol A Tak\u0131m\u0131 oyuncular\u0131m\u0131z Mesut \u00d6zil ve Ozan Tufan, al\u0131nan karar gere\u011fi kadro d\u0131\u015f\u0131 b\u0131rak\u0131lm\u0131\u015flard\u0131r.<br \/>\nKamuoyuna duyurulur.<\/p>\n<p>Fenerbah\u00e7e Spor Kul\u00fcb\u00fc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dXbO1o9Scn\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/dXbO1o9Scn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fenerbah\u00e7e SK (@Fenerbahce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fenerbahce\/status\/1506966237401780232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ensuing reports pointed towards a falling out and verbal altercation with interim manager Ismail Kartal as being behind the decision, a development which many of an Arsenal persuasion highlighted as justification for Mikel Arteta\u2019s treatment of Ozil towards the close of his stint in north London.<\/p>\n<p>And now, as alluded to above, the veteran midfielder has spoken publicly for the first time since his exclusion from Fenerbahce\u2019s squad was made official.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to his personal social media platforms, Ozil unveiled a simple message, translating as \u2018The main thing is Fenerbahce\u2019, accompanied by a photo of the club\u2019s flag, alongside that of Turkey:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tr\">Aslolan Fenerbah\u00e7e\u2019dir ???? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/M1%C3%96?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#M1\u00d6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mAHgPLXGif\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/mAHgPLXGif<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mesut \u00d6zil (@MesutOzil1088) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MesutOzil1088\/status\/1507342228557283332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Mesut the maestro<\/h2>\n<p>Ozil\u2019s impending absence will undoubtedly come as something of a blow to Fenerbahce, particularly in front of goal.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with the capital giants, currently in the midst of a tense battle for Champions League football, having seen their midfield conductor play a key role to this point in the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>All told, across appearances in 22 of the club\u2019s 30 Super Lig outings, Ozil has racked up a none-too-shabby eight goals, to go along with a customary pair of assists.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/intention-is-to-count-on-him-for-2023-24-arsenal-tipped-to-replace-mikel-arteta-with-brazilian-tactician\/\">\u2018Intention is to count on him for 2023\/24\u2019: Arsenal tipped to replace Mikel Arteta with Brazilian tactician<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/video-arsenals-folarin-balogun-nets-opener-for-england-u21s\/\">Video: Arsenal\u2019s Folarin Balogun nets opener for England U21s<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Mesut Ozil has taken to social media on Friday, to provide a public response to his banishment from Fenerbahce\u2019s first-team setup. The name of German creator Ozil of course took its place front and centre in the headlines on Thursday, after Turkish heavyweights Fener released a statement, confirming that the 33-year-old had been dropped: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-13229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}